The 35-year-old – the last of Sharon Osbourne’s over-25s still in the competition – was said to be polling around 35 per cent of the vote each week, with second-placed MacDonald scoring less than half of that total.

‘Sam Bailey is so far ahead it’s unreal,’ a source told The Sun. ‘She’s the runaway leader, a million miles in front of her nearest rival.’

While Bailey made it through this weekend, Sam Callahan – who was reported to be third most popular in the voting – was sent home, while Hannah Barrett, said to be in last place, remained in the competition.